The learning curve for robotic thyroidectomy: A multicenter study

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 226-232

  Lee, Jandee ^a   Yun, Jong Ho ^b   Nam, Kee Hyun ^c   Soh, Euy Young ^a   Chung, Woong Youn ^c  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL COMPARTMENT NODE DISSECTION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEARNING CURVE; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; ROBOTIC THYROIDECTOMY; ROBOTICS; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TRAINING; THYROIDECTOMY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADENOMA; ADULT; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING CURVE; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; PHYSICIANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTICS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 78651358133     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-010-1220-z     Document Type: Article

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